Melania Trump Launches $2 Million Foster Youth Scholarships With Fox and IndyCar
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 20
Melania Trump Launches $2 Million Foster Youth Scholarships With Fox and IndyCar
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 20
Summary
$2 million in new scholarship funding will go to foster youths at Indiana University and Purdue University under Melania Trump's Fostering the Future initiative.
Fox Corporation and IndyCar are each contributing $1 million, with the partnership unveiled at the White House ahead of this weekend's Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington.
Every car in the inaugural National Mall race will carry Be Best and Fostering the Future decals, tying the education push to Fox's live race coverage on FS1, FS2 and FOX.
Fostering the Future, launched in 2021, supports youths aging out of care with college and housing help; nationally, fewer than 3% of former foster youths earn a college degree.
How will a partnership with IndyCar and Fox actually solve the academic barriers facing 20,000 foster youth aging out annually?
Can combining motorsports, major universities, and corporate giants finally eradicate the homelessness crisis haunting young adults leaving foster care?